wgerrard wrote:
expatriate wrote:
Please describe "impossibly slow". What application are you running that demonstrates the slowness? Can you quantify a bit more?
Fair enough. "Impossibly slow" means too slow to comfortably use the net.
I switched this week from a DSL provider to a cable provider -- Time Warner Roadrunner. The slow DNS was apparent as soons as I began using RoadRunner.
This is a simple hardware setup: one PC (2700 Athlon XP) and one cable "modem" (Motorola SB5100).
Browsing with Mozilla/Konqueror/Epiphany/Galeon: Lookup of new URLs takes 15-30 seconds; once the lookup is done, pages load fast;
Pinging common sites (Yahoo, Mozilla, etc.) shows same symptoms: 15-30 seconds to resolve the name.
Anything that doesn't require name resolution, e.g., browsing to an IP address, isn't delayed.
I see the same behavior with Slackware. I did a clean install of WinXP -- same machine, same provider, same nameservers -- and see none of this slowness.
OK, I'm not an expert on this but can you answer the following:
1) Are you using the ethernet connection? 2) If it is, are you using a static IP address or some internal DHCP? (I only use ethernet since I have a switch between my modem and the house computers) 3) What does ipconfig say? (run as root) 3) Can you show us your /etc/resolv.conf file? Does it contain more than TWR's nameservers?